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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Soap Dispensers

I can't believe this is my 100th post! Wow, it has almost been 3 years since I started my blog journey. I didn't blog much in 2011 and 2012 and kind of wish I did. I have met so many people during my three years as a blogger and really appreciate all of the support and sweet comments. So here I go writing my 100th post. I wish I had some special giveaway to shower all of you with but I don't it's just more of me babbling.

Do you all remember my Coke bottle soap dispenser? It is Keep Calm and Decorate's most popular search and pin on Pinterest. I don't know about you but I like for the basic things I use everyday to be pretty and organized. It really isn't expensive or hard to make your things look prettier. I thought about ways I could make my basic things look better. I hate the look of my shampoo and conditioner bottles in my shower. I saw some pretty bottles at Anthropologie this past weekend, but they are glass. Glass does not work for this mom of an almost two year old or for somebody who has butter fingers and drops everything (that would be me)! I needed something that was made of plastic. So, I came up with this idea!

Next, you can peel the labels off. For some reason, the green bottle gave me a little attitude when trying to get the label off. You can use a little Googone or acetone nail polish remover to remove the sticky left behinds. I personally think the acetone nail polish remover works the best.

Next, I cut out the vinyl letters on my Cricut to go on the bottles. I used S for shampoo and C for Conditioner (I know brilliant, right). Hee hee! My letter size for the Cricut was 2 3/4". You can also buy vinyl letters if you don't have a die cut machine.

I then dumped out all of the liquid that was in the soap dispensers. I know it is wasteful, but I am sorry I didn't want the soap. The great thing is that the soap was really watered down so it didn't get too sudsy when I tried to clean out the bottle. I washed it out several times until I knew the old soap was gone. I then dumped the shampoo and conditioner into the empty bottles.

After I knew the bottles were dry I added the S and the C to the bottles and put the dispenser on.

I found this cute basket for $3.00 in the tricky dollar section at Target to put the soaps in.

Here are other soap dispensers I use around my house.

I use the Coke bottle for hand soap and the vintage lemonade bottle for dish soap.

40 comments:

Happy 100th post. It is a good one, I was thinking of making new soap dispensers. I still have out my fall ones (pumpkins). Here is to your next 100 post can't wait to see what you got. Have a Happy Easter.

These are great. I have been looking at a lot of soap dispensers this week. I need one for a bathroom. BUT now I'm thinking my children need something like these for their bathrooms. thank you for the inspiration.

Good for you hitting 100 posts! That's a lot of writing! I like the idea of the plastic bottles, glass in a bathroom freaks me out! I don't have one of those cutters so I'm not sure if I could make these, but they really are cute!

Melissa, You and I crossed blog paths for a reason! I just realized that the Whole WiWW was a whole linky party THING! It is the perfect solution to my dilemma of incorporating fashion into my blog. And the idea was already thought up by someone else, I didn't have to do a thing. So easy! I am definitely going to start joining in next week! Can't wait! Thanks!

These are great! I love the clean look ~ and MONOGRAM!I'm visiting you today from Give me the Goods. I hope you get a chance to stop by my blog and leave a comment, too!~ Megin of VMG206 Medicine Cabinet Makeover

I so agree that our everyday items should be just as pretty as those things we bring out for company. I love this idea and I think I am going to use it for my body lotion. Thanks so much for the inspiration.I saw you at the Coastal Charm party.Traci

I love this! What a great idea. I'm so glad I found your blog. I'm your newest follower! I've been blogging for three years now but only recently started to really put myself out there and I wonder too why I didn't do it sooner! Congrats ;)Jamie @ somuchbetterwithage.com

Love love love these! So simple and yet so much prettier than the "normal" containers for those things! What a great DIY! It would make my day if you would share these at my party, going on now...http://www.oneartsymama.com/2013/04/shine-on-fridays-74-and-grab-bag.html

This is cute! I'm going to make some for my kids' bath, my 7 year old can wash her hair but can't always tell the shampoo and conditioner apart. Also, pumps make it much harder to waste. I'm thinking the old soap would make great bubbles for the kids.